U.S. FORCES ABROAD

Wairarapa Times-Age, 22 May 1943, Page 3

U.S. FORCES ABROAD

LARGE PROPORTIONIN PACIFIC INCLUDING A?OUT HA : Lf ■OF AIR ; FORC;E. statement py president. (By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright) (Received This (Day, -11.15 ,a.m.) WASHINGTON, May 21. About half of the American Air .Fje.rce Is in (the Pacific, Preside n t ■Ro.asevelt Acjd <h ; is Press conference. >He con^ir ; ijie,d .Mr Churohi.lTs .- statement .that a large majority of the Jo,r t cjss abroad , ar < e W .th,e (Pacific. .Comnwpting qn the progress of his conferences .witih slr Pj;esi4qnt Roosevelt -said tha.t fhus far most of the work had ibeen .clone by the combined Chiefs of Staff, who were expected'to submit preliipinary recommendations to the two leaders tonight. The President added that final decisions on -these ' recommendations would be .niade next .week, after the ■kinks had ibeen ironed out. Mentioning that American ship construction far .exceeded sinkings, Mr Roosevelt said the total output was well ahead of what anyone expected a year ago. He added that the total effectiveness of the shipping programme was being materially increased by switching from Liberty ships to faster and better “Victory” ships, which would ■be useful after the war. Tjhe President said the principal point of his recent series of conferences with Dr T. V. Soong Avas that of getting war materials of all kinds, 6 including medicines, into China.